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Outdoor photo on a river at misty dawn or dusk, with a boat carrying passengers in the background and a hazy far bank with buildings. In the foreground, a man with long hair swept back and a rudraksha mala wears a red-orange robe and sits on an ornate silver-framed seat with a striped tiger-print cushion, holding a silver trident and sheltered by a red and gold embroidered umbrella with fringe. Several devotees in orange and red clothing sit around the deck railing, including a woman in orange at right and a man in white at lower left. Swamiji (probable) is seated centrally, recognized by the long hair, mala and red-orange robe, in a ceremonial boat procession.

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A man seated on a silver-framed throne on a boat or raised platform over a hazy river, smiling and raising one hand. He wears a rust-red wrap over the shoulders, a rudraksha mala of beads across his chest, layered beaded bracelets and a leopard-print waistcloth, with orange tilak on the forehead. He holds a silver trident upright beside him. Another man in dark glasses stands behind the throne, and seated devotees in the foreground include a shaven-headed man in red and a man in white with a mala and orange tilak. Pale grey river and distant bridge fill the background. a person: the central figure with trident, red wrap and rudraksha mala, seated on the throne.2014-04-30May 14 20142014-05-14 +1 copiesA photograph taken on a river boat on the Ganges at Varanasi, with hazy grey sky and a distant bridge over the water. A man in a rust-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a tilak on his forehead stands raising one hand in greeting, holding a silver trident, beside a silver-patterned ornate seat. Around him a crowd of about twenty-five people, mostly women in white and orange saris and men in white and orange, sits along the boat rail facing him. Ghats and buildings line the riverbank on the left.2014-04-30April 30 20142014-04-30May 14 20142014-05-14April 30 20142014-04-30April 30 20142014-04-30May 13 20142014-05-13Photo of a boat on a river with a red-brown bridge and hazy water behind. A central figure sits on an ornate silver-and-gold throne holding a tall silver trident, wearing a red-brown robe, rudraksha beads and a red-orange tilak on the forehead. Around him, seated devotees in white, saffron, maroon and purple garments fill the foreground, with a man in a checked shirt standing behind and a man raising a fist on the left. The figure is an appearance-based a person with robe, rudraksha and trident cues, seated on a throne.2014-04-30A central seated figure sits on an ornate silver-framed throne beneath a red and gold embroidered parasol, on a boat deck with a river and rail bridge behind. The seated person wears a maroon-red shawl over a dark bead necklace and long tiered rudraksha mala with a swept-back dark hair. Beside the throne stands a silver trident. To the left, a shaven-headed man in red-orange robes wears an orange-yellow tilak and orange shawl. Several people in white clothes stand at the railing on the right.2014-05-13A smiling man with a vibhuti tripundra on his forehead and a red kumkum dot stands on a silver-embossed ceremonial seat, raising a silver trishula trident high with his right hand. He wears a maroon-red shawl draped over his bare shoulders and a long rudraksha mala with a gold chain, plus beaded bracelets on his arms. Blurred heads of onlookers fill the lower foreground against a pale hazy sky.2014-04-30May 14 20142014-05-14 +1 copies